Performance

Venue	Roundhouse
	Also: Studio 42, The Clore
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	24th July 2000
Opened	26th July 2000
To	12th August 2000
When	Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat 20:30
Roundhouse (V242)
Current/Future Listings
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Christie in Love

Work:: Christie in Love (S2784)

Christie in Love is a unique telling of the events leading up to the murder of seven women and the subsequent hanging of John Reginald Christie; a story which gripped and shocked the tabloid-reading public of post-war Britain. Without seeking to over dramatise these events, Howard Brenton succeeds in depicting the brutality of murder in both surreal and real terms. The juxtaposition of comedy and violence makes for an unsettling, macabre experience, leaving the audience to draw its own conclusions.

Author

Howard Brenton

Production:: (T01427046950)

The subject matter of Christie in Love is not for the faint-hearted but it is still relevent, particularly in the light of recent cases such as Hindley, West and Shipman.

Company	The Permanent Transients
Director	Patrick Lyden
Performer	Christopher Routh
Performer	Scott Bushell
Performer	Jez Foster
Performer	Patrick Lyden

Listing:: L0413004323

Production details

The subject matter of Christie in Love is not for the faint-hearted but it is still relevent, particularly in the light of recent cases such as Hindley, West and Shipman.

Reviews

UK Theatre Web: 01May01:
A fantastically acted and well crafted production. The direction was spellbinding the acting consumate. Scott Bushell as the Inspector gave us a tour de force while Christopher Routh as the Constable played the innocent policeman with surity and clarity. Jez Foster as Christie himself was beautifully understated and didn't resort to characacture when it would have been so easy to do so.

User Reviews

USER: UK Theatre Web (01May01): A fantastically acted and well crafted production. The direction was spellbinding the acting consumate. Scott Bushell as the Inspector gave us a tour de force while Christopher Routh as the Constable played the innocent policeman with surity and clarity. Jez Foster as Christie himself was beautifully understated and didn't resort to characacture when it would have been so easy to do so.

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